Please join us on Thursday, September 24th at 5:30pm at 10 Blaney St, Salem MA for the dedication of the installation of Traces of Arrival. This event marks a significant addition to Salem’s public art landscape and serves as a lasting tribute to the city’s past, present, and future as part of the Salem 400+...
Judge William G. Young explores how Salem and Boston maritime conflicts (1800–1840) shaped early American admiralty law post Revolution. Learn about the establishment of American Admiralty Law in Salem and Boston following the American Revolution, tracing how early 19th-century maritime conflicts in these port cities shaped the development of American jurisprudence. The lecture will examine...
Come kick-off the Spooky Season with the Mayor of Salem and his team! More information coming soon!
Two and a half centuries of America are commemorated by guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan in GUITAR AMERICA 250, an exploration of the United States’ musical history. From The Star-Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful to Paul Simon’s America and Eddie Van Halen’s 316, Larget-Caplan journeys through the soundscapes of a diverse nation. The evening includes music...
Join city officials and members of the Italian American community as we raise flags celebrating Italian Heritage on October 2, 11 AM at Riley Plaza. All are welcome!
Join city officials and members of the Italian American community as we raise flags celebrating Italian Heritage on October 2, 11 AM at Riley Plaza. All are welcome!
Shop for FREE, pre-loved fall and winter clothing for children infants to 12 years old!
Join us in raising the Massachusett tribe flag to celebrate Indigenous People's Day.
Would you like to live deliciously with us? Written by Robert Eggers and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, this haunting film follows a Puritan family in 1630s New England who are plagued by witchcraft and demonic possession. This history-focused horror movie screening is part of our Salem 400+ programming. See our full list of events at pem.org/salem400....
Zero Waste Salem is hosting a Repair Café as part of Salem 400+, celebrating sustainable practices that honor our past and invest in our future. Volunteers will be available to mend clothing, sew buttons, and tinker with electronics—skills passed down through generations that help us build a more sustainable Salem for the next 400 years....
Join James Fichter as he discusses profit and peril in the new trade to Asia With independence from Britain secured, in the 1780s American began trading to Asia for themselves. They bought tea in China. They sailed to the East India Company-administered India for cloth, to Yemen and Dutch Java for coffee, to Sumatra for...
Join us for a reenactment of a 17th-century Puritan funeral. The procession will march down Essex Street down to Charter Street Cemetery. This reenactment will allow audiences to engage with seventeenth-century New England funerary culture and draw attention to Salem's oldest cemetery! The procession will begin at Higginson Square and end at the...